Bence Decsi, PhD, is a Hungarian civil engineer and Research Fellow at the Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics. He received his PhD with summa cum laude distinction in 2025. His research focuses on riparian zones, surface water–groundwater interactions, hydrological extremes, ecosystem services, sustainable water retention, nature-based solutions, and river-basin management. He integrates process-based hydrological modelling, geospatial analysis, remote sensing, and machine-learning methods to investigate complex environmental systems and support evidence-based planning and decision-making. He has contributed to several national and international research projects addressing wetlands, water quality, climate adaptation, and ecosystem services. He is the Co-Leader of the Rivers and Lakes Working Group of the Ecosystem Services Partnership. In 2026, he was awarded the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.